Of all afflictions, the worst is self contempt.
BERTHOLD AUERBACHIf you sound great in the practice room, you’re practicing the wrong thing. Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
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When the foot of the’ mountain is enveloped in mist, the mountain appears to us much loftier than it is; so also when the ground and basis of a disaster is not clear to us.
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Solitude has a healing consoler, friend, companion: it is work.
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With hat in hand, one gets on in the world.
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The world is the same everywhere.
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When you have discovered a stain in yourself, you eagerly seek for and gladly find stains in others.
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The vain being is the really solitary being.
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Liberty is from God; liberties, from the devil.
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The little dissatisfaction which every artist feels at the completion of a work forms the germ of a new work.
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Being alone when one’s belief is firm, is not to be alone.
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Discontent is the source of all trouble,but also of all progress, in individuals and nations.
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No mortal eye has ever fully seen a flash of lightning … for no matter how firmly we look, our eyes are sure to be dazzled.
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It is only when one is thoroughly true that there can be purity and freedom. Falsehood always punishes itself.
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Our second mother, habit, is also a good mother.
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Years teach us more than books.
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To acquire money requires valor, to keep money requires prudence, and to spend money well is an art.
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